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Archive: Setting the Bar: Introducing Washington State Spine SCOAP

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Channel: UW Video · 2014 · Education

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Attempts at data gathering in spine surgery to assess its safety and its outcomes have been hampered by its tremendous associated costs and complexities in acquiring meaningful data.

Dr Flum, Professor of Surgery at the Department of General Surgery of the University of Washington, introduces a revolutionary database used state-wide for General surgeons and the benefits it has brought on in standardizing patient care. Together with Dr. Neal Shonnard from Rainer Orthopaedics and select University of Washington Faculty, there has been a similar effort launched in form of a Washington State Spine SCOAP comprehensive data registry, which intends to replicate the success of Surgery SCOAP for Spine surgery. Spine SCOAP collects baseline data points and tracks patient care through discharge while following patients on an outpatient basis to assess final results and complications in near real time. As opposed to current 'ratings' systems, which usually rely on federally obtained data such as garnered from Medicare patients the SCOAP system offers a real time perspective on all patients receiving spine surgery at participating hospitals in Washington State.

David R. Flum, MD
Neal R. Shonnard, MD

09/01/2011
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